Word: oldest
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...Harvard-Tufts series, dating back to 1875 is one of the oldest in collegiate football circles. Of the 15 games played since then, Harvard has won 11 and dropped four and holds an 86-0 verdict over the Jumbos which dates back to 1887. That should be ancient history, but you know the one about elephants...
...University of Zurich (one of Europe's oldest seats of learning) in the federated Republic of Switzerland (one of Europe's oldest democracies), he called upon Europe's shattered nations to federate or perish. He said...
...world's oldest continuing publication, founded in 1768 in Edinburgh by "a society of gentlemen"; first edited by one William Smellie, a tosspot crony of Robert Burns...
This week, as the nation's colleges and universities were engulfed by the biggest tide of students in history, the oldest, richest and most prestigious U.S. university will register a record enrollment of 11,700. Hundreds of them will live in barracks at Fort Devens, 32 miles away, in defense-worker shacks set up on tennis courts and in Boston's Brunswick Hotel, which the university has bought and allocated to married veterans. For many of them, "going to Harvard" this year will mean only the bare essential of "going to classes...
...years. In Los Angeles alone, 50 new ones have moved in during the past year. They came from everywhere. Fred Cole, one of the richest in the industry, is a former cinemactor; Miss Johnson is a former singer who took to snipping only three years ago. One of the oldest, Joe Zukin, is an ex-cattle rancher. Also included: an ex-lawyer, ex-teacher, ex-druggist, ex-jockey...